1.

GETTING A JOB
- After leaving 6th form or college you will have a level 2 or 3 qualificartion.
Your leve lis valued by employers who show that you have a good standard of
education, a greater knowledge in a subject that you chose to study further.

- 58% of working adults in Wales are qualified to level 3.

- Some jobs you can do after 6th form or college by subject area:
 Health and social care.
 Hospitality and catering.
 Childcare.
 Business studies.
 Construction.
 Sports.
 Hair and beauty.

- Of the online job adverts specifically asking for a level 3 qualification, 49%
expected candidates to have 0 – 2 years experience; 43% expected candidates
to have 3 – 5 years experience.

- Experience can be gained from doing a similar job or from having skills from
tasks and activities that can be transferred from one job to another. Employers
value both paid and unpaid work; get experience through work experience,
volunteering, the hobbies you have and any part-time job you do.

- Some well-paid jobs that don’t need a degree include:

 Firefighter.
 Aircraft mechanic.
 Etc.

- What skills are needed by employers? (you may have the qualification, but
employers need people who have the right skills to do the job; skills most
requested by employers in online jobs adverts in Wales included the following
general skills:
 Communication.
  Planning.
 Etc (again xD).

- Top tips getting a job:

 Look on job websites.
 Send your CV to different employers you’d like to work for.
 Take a look at «Getting started» on the Careless Wales website for more
information about everything.
 Follow employers in their social media sites
 Join LinkedIn (over 100,000 recruiters for 148 different industries).
 Sing up with recruitment agencies.
 Remember the «hidden job market»: a lot of jobs out there aren’t
advertised, they are filled by people the employers know; so ask your
contacts, your family, friends, teachers and tutors.

2. PROS AND CONS OF SUMMER JOBS

- Disadvantages:
 You have to work (less free time).
 You could be travelling instead of working (last year, the women in the
video had a part-time job which meant that she could sabe enough
money so that she could travel during the summer).
 You need to chose between travelling or working.
 Working is really tired, not less or more than studying. If you work in a
shop or a café you’ll be usually on your feet for the whole day, and it’s
very tired (after that, we just want to have a bath and go to bed), even
more if you luve in a city like London or in a tourist area.
 You have to wear an uniform. Sometimes they aren’t comfortable and
they’re also not suited to the weather, so it can be really annoying.

- Advantages:
 You will have extra cash in your pocket to spend on things that you like
or things that you want to do and no one can tell you how to spend that
money because you earned it. The girl in the video took her summer job
because she wanted to save up her own money to go travelling just
before she went back to the uni. She thinks it’s cool to have your own
money and don’t need to ask your parents for some
euros/dollars/pounds whenever you go out.
 Summer jobs are great for gaining practical experience which can be
use in a future carree and for filling the CV.
 Make new and different friends.
 «Summer job is the perfect cure for summer boredom». We can get very
bored when the long and free summer arrives. When she has free days,
she feels bored.